# Azure-crowned Hummingbird

*Saucerottia cyanocephala*

To survive the cold mountain nights, they can enter torpor, a state of deep sleep where they lower their body temperature and slow their heart rate to conserve energy.

- **Taxonomy:** Animalia › Chordata › Aves › Apodiformes › Trochilidae › Saucerottia
- **IUCN Red List status:** Least Concern
- **Population trend:** stable
- **Biome:** forest
- **Habitat:** Pine-oak forests, humid evergreen forest edges, clearings, and suburban gardens.
- **Diet:** Floral nectar and small insects or spiders caught in mid-air.
- **Range:** Mexico, Guatemala, Belize, Honduras, El Salvador, Nicaragua
- **Size:** 9.5 to 11 cm in length, weighing approximately 4.5 grams
- **Lifespan:** 3 to 5 years
- **Active:** diurnal
- **Threats:** Habitat fragmentation, deforestation, and heavy pesticide use that eliminates their insect food source.
- **Safe to approach?:** Harmless. Observe from a respectful distance of 5 to 10 feet, particularly near flowering gardens or feeders. Do not attempt to handle or trap. If a bird appears trapped indoors, turn off interior lights and open a window or door facing the sunlight to guide it out.

## About

The azure-crowned hummingbird ( Saucerottia cyanocephala ) is a species of hummingbird in the "emeralds", tribe Trochilini of subfamily Trochilinae. It is found in Belize, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, and Nicaragua.

## Sources

- Plate: https://gaia-dex.com/species/b18111c9-5690-4325-a735-6c939926ed66
- iNaturalist: https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/1289659
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Azure-crowned_hummingbird
- Conservation status: IUCN Red List category, as recorded by Gaia-Dex
- Photo: https://inaturalist-open-data.s3.amazonaws.com/photos/2029424/medium.jpg (Nigel Voaden, CC-BY, via iNaturalist)

Habitat, diet, size and similar notes are AI-written summaries; check them against the linked sources before relying on them.